<p>SAT (twice) V700 M710 W750 E12
SATII mathlevel ii 800 BIO 800 Chem 800</p>
<p>are my sat scores too low? and will it look bad if i take a third time?</p>
<p>SAT scores aren't everything. Concentrate on your grades, your essays, recs and ECs
Don't waste your time taking SATs again</p>
<p>Better than me and I got in early.</p>
<p>Then again, worse than mine and I barely squeezed through from the waiting list. :X</p>
<p>I'm going to tell you the same thing I tell everyone else with your scores. They're competitive. They're in the range such that they won't be the defining factor either way in the application process.</p>
<p>That is to say, if the rest of your application is worth admitting, they won't go to your scores and say "well, we can't let him in, look at those scores."</p>
<p>So don't worry about it. :)</p>
<p>I say if you think you can improve them, especially the math, I would do that.</p>
<p>...are you kidding me? I would die to have those scores. Granted, I got a 710 V, 690 M, 720 W and on SAT II's, 710 Math II, 690 Bio, and 610 Chem (woops!).</p>
<p>now, I thought these scores were competitive enough to be considered....well, not the SATIIs (I'm taking them again in the fall...and actually studying this time).</p>
<p>I agree, if you feel that your math score deserves to be at least a 750, then you might as well improve them. However, they are not too low.</p>
<p>no way they're too low. those subject test scores more than make up for them. don't worry!</p>
<p>if you think you can, certainly try to raise the math score. but the other scores are FINE.</p>
<p>Your scores are in range. No more worrying about the SAT. :) Good job.</p>
<p>Can I piggyback off this thread and ask a similar question? Kid got 670M SAT, then went on to get 760 on SAT Math II c and a 4 in AP Calc. Should she bother retaking the SAT?</p>
<p>Her problem is that she never took geometry--she skipped a year of school so she just improvises on the geometry questions on the SAT. She does fine with algebra, trig and calculus.</p>
<p>I'd still say try to get the math up if you think you can. If it's improbabale that it would raise then don't do it. I got a 650/710 on my first SAT, then took it again and got 640/790. I raised my overall combined score from 1360 to 1440, and I think that looks a lot better. This is speculation right here, just as with the comments above. But I'll tell you on thing, people are always prone to say "you'll be fine," to make others feel better. And just because those scores are higher than someone else's doesn't mean you shouldn't try to raise them, whether or not that person got in. I tell you what, taking the SATs again after getting a 710 math, when I knew I could probably get almost all the answers right was a whole lot easier than pulling an A- in my chemistry class and an A in my US History class. So yes, focus on grades too, but if you can pickup 50 SAT points or so on a weekend, do that. However, you have taken it twice, so maybe you can't raise your SAT score easily. And yes, SAT scores aren't everything, but they are something, a substantial something.</p>
<p>Mombot, I think you are definitely going to want to try to have your daughter get a higher SAT math score.</p>
<p>worse than mine, but I got rejected. nice SAT2 scores though. the rest of my app was weak (by MIT standards) though</p>
<p>The thing about the 670 is that she took the SAT cold, no prep, once. She got a 1430--670M and 760V. She refers to the college board as "thieving b<em>st</em>*ds" because they nickle and dime so much, and she's morally opposed to handing them another nickel. </p>
<p>I was teasing her that she could make her rant about the college board and test hysteria into a rather entertaining essay (she is very, very funny) and write her way into MIT, but she's not going to get in on her math score.</p>
<p>I was in the same boat as Mombot's daughter: 690M, 740V, 750? math IIc, had better things to do with my Saturdays than re-take a stupid test.</p>
<p>A good-but-not-great test score is never going to be the one reason someone doesn't get into MIT.</p>
<p>So, I'd just like to say that I got a 700 on the SAT I Math section, and find it rather insulting when everyone and their grandma advocates retaking that score because it's not acceptable for MIT. OK thanks.</p>
<p>I don't think you are meant to take this post personally. :/ Stats show that 75% of MIT students have higher math SAT scores than that, but it's not like a relatively "lower" score makes you "not acceptable."</p>
<p>The internet is serious business. >O</p>
<p>LauraN, that's absurd that you are offended that we are trying to help someone get into MIT and that person's current scores are around what you got. But we are going to have to recommend what's best.</p>
<p>Mombot, you are really going to try to have your daughter take the test again, assuming you think she can do better. Would she rather not fork over some cash to money grubbing bastards or improve her chances at going to the school she wants to for four years? Try to convince her to retake them if you can.</p>
<p>No, I'm really serious. I practically get sick to my stomach when people place so much emphasis on the freaking SATs. You're making it sound like if she doesn't raise her score, she won't get to go to the college of her dreams and the next 4 years of her life will be ruined. It's a test, people. A multiple choice test.</p>
<p>A 690 or a 710 or whatever it is is NOT the end of the world. If you really, really want to, I'm sure you could spend weeks studying for it (because your score won't improve unless you study), or you could go out and live you life and refuse to let a "really good but not really really good" test score run your life.</p>
<p>Everyone who says, "xxx on the SAT is clearly far too low for MIT," or some variation thereof insults everyone who scored lower than xxx and is also completely missing the point of the MIT admissions process.</p>
<p>I'm not trying to be obnoxious here, this is actually something I feel very strongly about.</p>